Thanks for the tip on your books! Got some very talented people in this group. I'm still learning, Happy New Year, Karen, a Hoosier in France ... how...
I will post them as they come in this is a tip for those who it may apply Call to Artists Invitation to all artists to enter work in an ongoing juried art ...
Almost 1:00 am waiting for the pain pill to kick in so I can sleep. Recovering from this broken arm has and will be a long one is what the doctor tells me....
This is a scam, do anything, but work with someone that wants more than 20% commission. ... Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage. [Non-text portions...
I personally do not suggest doing consignment unless you have too much product to store or are just getting started and want your work to be seen. 60/40 is...
I would like to back up what Bim has stated on the consignment issue. I have been on both ends of the spectrum. Consignment should be used as an absolute last...
For rustic furniture there is a standard price level. For refined rustic furniture there is not. You can ask what ever you want for a piece but selling it at...
Wow, seek and ye shall find! Thanks Bim! That first one is a hoot. I've never seen such a thing. Chris ... http://members.aol.com/bodgerbord/bord.html ... ...
Hi Chris, just posted a pick in my album of my shave horse....I thought if a farmer could sit in a steel seat all day it should work for a shave horse....and...
That is awesome.... we should have a contest to come up with the most interesting or outrageous, yet functional tool. You know... shave horeses that look like...
My experience is that the going rate for consignment is about 50%. I _want_ my resellers to make a comforrable profit. Moreover, I want to encourage them to...
Hi Gordon: The tractor seat is a great idea. I'm going to build one real soon. John Deere? Farmall? International Harvester? Kubota? So many choices? <grin> ...
Hi Bim: Actually, there is _NO_ standard price level for rustic furniture. Moreover, there is _NO_ standard for defining rustic furniture. Further, the much...
Hi Chris: I bought the following shaving horse plans from Lee Valley: http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&p=51100&cat=1,46158,42665 All the best. ...
Randy, Like I said you can ask what you like for anything you make. Selling it is a different story. There are standards regardless on whether you recognize...
In addition standards do change. When I started building I was told that I could not ask $25.00 for a chair because it was poverty furniture. Times do...
When just getting started there are some questions you need to ask yourself. 1. Do I want to do this as a hobby or as a profession 2. Do I want to do art or a...
... times I don't. W.Man ... that I could not ask $25.00 for a chair because it was poverty furniture. Times do change,standard prices change. during the ...
Now ya got me thinking I recycle a lot of broken furniture and find dinning chairs with the seat intact. I have used them to make other odd chairs out of but...
Randy my apologies for my initial response. I was focusing on our disagreement but it seems that we do after all agree. "Its the market that determines the...
this is an email from Rex the founder of this group I thought he would like for me to share it here. along with it my response. Rex said I've been making and...
Greetings all, Thanks for the profound truths of Rex. I too think that one of the hardest things for a creative person is to focus on just one idea as most...
I agree with Rex to a certain point. And I agree with Bim's response. The deciding factor for both statements is, "do I want to be an artist, or do I want to...
Beautifully said. "I have also sacrificed some to the Fire Gods but also know that the concept remains and can be resurrected like the fabled Phoenix when the...
Hello, Your post gets me thinking. The part that I like the most is the fact that you've gone 38 years without TV. Its been about 3 years for me without TV and...
The problem with not having a TV is I don't have a clue what kind of soap to buy. The average American lives to be 75 out of that time they spend 25 years...
Actually, yes. The ex and I raised 5 kids sans tube. The interesting thing was that the house was a magnet for the kids' friends. We had shoehorned ourselves...
A few years ago I had a house in town on a main intersection I built a two chairs out of sod that I dug up to make some flower beds and a TV stand in front of...
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